SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - Reviews & News Thread — Page 31

Lola Getz2 said: "Roscoe said: "There's probably some contractual reason somewhere for this, but shouldn't there be a credit somewhere along the lines of "based on the screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond"? Considering how very much of their dialogue made the transfer from screen to stage, to say nothing of all those character names..."

I found that rather shocking as well, so I did some digging.

According to the interwebs:This work is in the public domain because it waspublished in the United States between 1927 and 1963, and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed."

I have no idea what site you're looking at, but Some Like it Hot has never been in the public domain. It's owned by MGM/UA (now Amazon). If the film were in the public domain like Charade and a few others of that era, anyone could release it on DVD or Blu-ray or anything else. But it is not in the public domain, which is why the program says "based on the MGM movie" or whatever it says - of course, that's a misnomer as it wasn't an MGM movie  it was a United Artists movie. I believe the length of copyright at the time of Some Like it Hot was seventy-five years and I'm sure that was renewed when it was extended. It has NEVER gone out of copyright. As to why Mr. Wilder and Mr. Diamond's screenplay is not credited, I should think their estates would have a good case to sue.

By the way, noting that photo of empty seats: the matinee was not on TDF. Only the evening. Genuinely baffled as to why they'd rather play to a half-empty house this week, especially a matinee, which is invariably filled with happy holiday folk.

Crowds heretofore indifferent will not suddenly find the show at the TKTS booth. Nothing is up on TDF for next week or beyond, and it's woefully undersold.  I understand taking care of a brand, fearing that heavy discounting will damage futures. But this show's struggles are now life or death.

ACL2006 said: "I wonder if they would have been better off picking a smaller theater?"

Perhaps the Music Box?

Jesus, this is a disaster. What went wrong with here?

At the show now and Natasha is in tonight. 

GiantsInTheSky2 said: "“Based on the screenplay "Some Like it Hot" by Billy Wilderand I.A.L. Diamond; Suggested by a story byRobert Thoeren; Additional Material by Christian Borleand Joe Farrell.”

People are being credited despite this weird claim."

So, someone here posted there was no credit and yet there is credit. Can some kind soul explain to me why someone would post erroneous information like that?

inception said: "bk said: "
So, someone here posted there was no credit and yet there is credit. Can some kind soul explain to me why someone would post erroneous information like that?"

Reading is hard"

No separate credit for Wilder or Diamond just the blanket credit of "Based on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture, "Some Like it Hot".

Updated On: 12/24/22 at 04:36 PM

Was "Sugar" renamed "Some Like it Hot, the Musical" for anything other than the 2002 Tony Curtis tour?  I think it was referred to as "Sugar"  for subsequent productions.   So not an official title change except for this one touring production? 

 

 

 

 

CarlosAlberto said: "inception said: "bk said: "
So, someone here posted there was no credit and yet there is credit. Can some kind soul explain to me why someone would post erroneous information like that?"

Reading is hard"

No separate credit for Wilder or Diamond just the blanket credit of "Based on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture, "Some Like it Hot".

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So, where is the poster who posted THIS getting this information? "“Based on the screenplay "Some Like it Hot" by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond; Suggested by a story by Robert Thoeren; Additional Material by Christian Borle and Joe Farrell.” "

Someone is wrong - who is it?

djjd007 said: "The title was first changed from Sugar to SLIH for a 1993 UK production starring Tommy Steele (I think), which I found charming. I wonder if they had just paid for the film’s name for the original Bway version, it might have had more longevity.


For Sunset Blvd., they just say “based on the Billy Wilder film” and Paramount is a producer, which seems in line with the credit on SLIH isn’t it? I imagine Sunset has far less new material as well."

Anyone know what role Curtis played.  Painfully old and out of shape for his original role.

In regards to the credit conversation, I received my information from Broadway.org/the International Broadway Database.  

Saw the show tonight in the orchestra. While I did have some issues with it - did Sugar need one ballad after another?! - overall I had a blast, and so did the full orchestra and I think full mezzanine. Casey's choreography can be a bit much at times, but I really thought it served the frantic nature of the storyline well. And the score was very hummable and made you want to bounce in your seat. What score can do that nowadays? Borle was fun and Ghee was a total showstopper, Hicks was lovely, and Del Aguila and Williams were delightful scene stealers.

I do wonder what the thought behind opening in December was. I think the show could do very well with word of mouth, but to open on the precipice of the slow Winter months, I do hope there's some reserve. If it could run slowly to make it to the Easter/spring break crowds, I see momentum building from there.